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    Change Default Number of Decimals on Imported Data

    Currently when you import real data into Spotfire it always truncates the results at 2 decimal places, would like the ability to change the default import to whatever number would best fit the data. If it has to be a hard number than change it fro...
    over 8 years ago in Spotfire / Data Management 4 Future Consideration

    show/enable shortcut keys for menu items (Spotfire X)

    show/enable shortcut keys for menu items
    almost 8 years ago in Spotfire / Data Management 4 Future Consideration

    Add export capability for data prep/ data wrangling in data canvas

    In Spotfire data canvas, users is able to view the data modeling diagram as well as transformations for data wrangling and preparation in the data canvas. But it's really hard for users to see the data transformation processes taken for data table...
    over 6 years ago in Spotfire / Data Management 3 Future Consideration

    Spotfire Analyst - Improve the 'Match Columns' window

    It would be very useful in some cases to be able to see columns statistics (the same information available in the Data analysis flyout) from the "old" and "new" data. This would help to make a decision on which columns should be matched when the c...
    about 6 years ago in Spotfire / Data Management 2 Future Consideration

    Spotfire Analyst - Add 'Description' field within the 'Add calculated column' window

    When several calculated columns need to be added, it would be great to have the possibility to have the column Description (available from Data -> Column properties) field available as shown in the attached screenshot. When the column is added ...
    almost 6 years ago in Spotfire / Data Management 1 Future Consideration

    bring back the "reload with prompt" button in spotfire X

    please bring back the "reload with promped" button for linked data tables in the data table properties of spotfire X like it was implemented in Spotfire 7.xx. This option should only be available for linked data tables. It would be good to have a ...
    over 6 years ago in Spotfire / Data Management 0 Future Consideration

    In Column Properties > Sort Order, add "sort based on ..."

    Add a fourth radio option. If selected we can use an expression to set the sort order based on other column(s) in the same table. e.g. my table has categoryName, categorySequence I would select the new option, and sort expression would simply be [...
    over 7 years ago in Spotfire / Data Management 1 Future Consideration

    Add "Limit data using expression" functionality to data function input data

    When specifying input data for a data function, I am missing the "Limit data using expression" function. The limit by filtering and/or marking is there - but not the expression? This would really help limit the number of records sent to R for proc...
    almost 10 years ago in Spotfire / Data Functions / Data Management 3 Future Consideration

    Pre-defined DateTime ranges for loading data (on-demand)

    We need to report on data that is filtered on many columns and special DateTime intervals. Information Links are very large so we need to set filters as part of the query that imports data into Spotfire so that only the rows needed by the report a...
    over 6 years ago in Spotfire / Data Management 0 Future Consideration

    Additional string function where you are able to change the rounding settings

    Belongs to the article https://community.tibco.com/questions/rounding-issue-string-function. If you use a numeric column and convert the result to a string column, there are always only 2 decimals shown. For calculating P values you´ll need 4 dec...
    almost 9 years ago in Spotfire / Custom Expressions / Data Management 6 Future Consideration
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